Nine months in, nine months out

A baby turning nine months old is always sort of a milestone for me. It means that said baby has been outside for longer than they were inside! It makes me a little sad because I know I can't protect them the same way I did before they were born...I have to share them with others...and they will never be so completely dependent on me as they were. On the other hand, someone else can carry them, feed them...and I get to see those sweet smiles. Nathan has this new thing where he scrunches up his nose and sniffles in, out, in, out. Then he laughs. It's SO funny...at least to me! (It's probably one of those psycho mom things) Anyway, here's my nine month old with his sock monkeys...I put the final product in his sock monkey blog but I was cracking up at the process of trying to get a good photo. It's harder now than it used to be, he doesn't just sit there anymore!